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person_profile-Tim McCoy

Tim McCoy Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Tim McCoy

Date of Birth:

Apr 10, 1891

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 29, 1978

Biography of

Tim McCoy

    One of the great stars of early American Westerns. McCoy was the son of an Irish soldier who later became police chief of Saginaw, Michigan, where McCoy was born. He attended St. Ignatius College in Chicago and after seeing a Wild West show there, left school and found work on a Wyoming ranch. He became an expert horseman and roper and developed a keen knowledge of the ways and languages of the Indian tribes in the area. He competed in numerous rodeos, then enlisted in the U.S. Army when America entered the First World War. He was commissioned and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the end of World War I, he returned to his ranch in Wyoming, only to be called by Governor Bob Carry to the post of Adjutant General of Wyoming, a position he held until 1921. The position carried with it the rank of Brigadier General (a brevet promotion) and it has been reported that this made him the youngest general officer in the U.S. Army. His reputation as a friend to the Wind River Reservation Indians, both Arapahoe and Shoshone, preceded him and in 1922, he was asked by the head of Famous Players-Lasky, Jesse L. Lasky, to provide Indian extras for the Western extravaganza, The Covered Wagon (1923). He resigned from the state position and recruited several hundred Indians to the Utah movie location. When the film wrapped, he was asked to choose several Indians to accompany him to Hollywood. There the production company developed a live 'prologue' to be presented just prior to the movie showing. The idea was a success and McCoy and his Indian group toured the U.S. and eventually, Europe as well. After touring this country and Europe with the Indians as publicity, McCoy returned to Hollywood and used his connections to obtain further work in the movies, both as a technical advisor and eventually as an actor. MGM speedily signed him to a contract to star in a series of Westerns and McCoy rapidly rose to stardom, making scores of Westerns and occasional non-Westerns. He retired from the army and from films after the war, but emerged in the late 1940s for a few more films and some television work. In 1942 he ran for the Republican Nomination for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming. He was defeated and returned to Hollywood and an uncertain future. In 1946 he sold his Wyoming ranch and moved to Bucks County, Pennsylvania and the life of the gentleman farmer. While living there, he met and married Danish writer Inga Arvad. He later built a home in Nogales, Arizona where Inga subsequently died in 1973. He spent his later years as a retired rancher. He died at the U.A. Army hospital at Ft. Hauchuca, Arizona on January 29 1978 at the age of 86.

    Inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1974.

    During World War I, he served as an artillery officer in the US Army in France.

    Spouse Inga Arvad (1945 - 1973) (her death)

    Alice Miller (? - 1931) (divorced) (3 children)

Photos of

Tim McCoy

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Filmography of

Tim McCoy

Found 87 Movies in total

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

Requiem for a Gunfighter

Judge Irving Short ( Actor )

... 1965

Run of the Arrow

Gen. Allen (as Colonel Tim McCoy) ( Actor )

... 1957

... 1956

West of the Law

Marshal Tim McCall ( Actor )

... 1942

Riders of the West

Marshal Tim McCall ( Actor )

... 1942

Down Texas Way

U. S. Marshal Tim McCall ( Actor )

... 1942

Ghost Town Law

Marshal Tim McCall ( Actor )

... 1942

Below the Border

Marshal Tim McCall ( Actor )

... 1942

Forbidden Trails

Marshal Tim McCall ( Actor )

... 1941

The Gunman From Bodie

Marshal Tim McCall ( Actor )

... 1941

Arizona Bound

Marshal Tim McCall / 'Parson' McCall ( Actor )

... 1941

The Texas Marshal

Marshal Trigger Tim Rand ( Actor )

... 1941

Outlaws of the Rio Grande

Marshal Tim Barton ( Actor )

... 1941

Riders of Black Mountain

Marshal Tim Donovan ( Actor )

... 1940

Arizona Gang Busters

Trigger Tim Rand ( Actor )

... 1940

Gun Code

Marshal Tim Hammond posing as Tim Hays ( Actor )

... 1940

Frontier Crusader

Trigger Tim Rand ( Actor )

... 1940

Texas Renegades

'Silent' Tim Smith ( Actor )

... 1940

Trigger Fingers

'Lightning' Bill Carson ( Actor )

... 1939

The Fighting Renegade

Bill Carson posing as El Puma ( Actor )

... 1939

Straight Shooter

"Lightning" Bill Carson ( Actor )

... 1939

Outlaws' Paradise

William Carson / Trigger Mallory ( Actor )

... 1939

Texas Wildcats

'Lightning' Bill Carson ( Actor )

... 1939

Code of the Cactus

Bill Carson ( Actor )

... 1939

Six-Gun Trail

Captain William Carson ( Actor )

... 1938

Lightning Carson Rides Again

Lightning Bill Carson / Jose ( Actor )

... 1938

Phantom Ranger

Tim Hayes ( Actor )

... 1938

Two Gun Justice

Tim ( Actor )

... 1938

Code of the Rangers

Tim Strong ( Actor )

... 1938

West of Rainbow's End

Tim Hart ( Actor )

... 1938

The Traitor

Tim McCoy: Sergeant Tim Vallance - Texas Ranger ( Actor )

... 1936

Ghost Patrol

Tim Caverly ( Actor )

... 1936

The Lion's Den

Tim Barton ( Actor )

... 1936

Aces and Eights

'Gentleman' Tim Madigan ( Actor )

... 1936

Lightnin' Bill Carson

Marshal Lightnin' Bill Carson ( Actor )

... 1936

Border Caballero

Tim Ross ( Actor )

... 1936

Roarin' Guns

Tim Corwin ( Actor )

... 1936

Bulldog Courage

Slim Braddock / Tim Braddock ( Actor )

... 1935

The Man from Guntown

Tim Hanlon ( Actor )

... 1935

Riding Wild

Tim Malloy / Tex Ravelle ( Actor )

... 1935

The Outlaw Deputy

Tim Mallory ( Actor )

... 1935

Justice of the Range

Tim Condon ( Actor )

... 1935

Fighting Shadows

Constable Tim O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1935

The Revenge Rider

Tim O'Neil ( Actor )

... 1935

Law Beyond the Range

Tim McDonald ( Actor )

... 1935

Square Shooter

Tim Baxter ( Actor )

... 1935

The Westerner

Tim Addison ( Actor )

... 1934

Prescott Kid

Tim Hamlin ( Actor )

... 1934

Beyond the Law

Tim Weston ( Actor )

... 1934

A Man's Game

Tim Bradley ( Actor )

... 1934

Hell Bent for Love

Police Captain Tim Daley ( Actor )

... 1934

Voice in the Night

Tim Dale ( Actor )

... 1934

Speed Wings

Tim ( Actor )

... 1934

Straightaway

Tim Dawson ( Actor )

... 1933

Hold the Press

Tim Collins ( Actor )

... 1933

Police Car 17

Tim Conlon ( Actor )

... 1933

Rusty Rides Alone

Tim Burke ( Actor )

... 1933

The Whirlwind

Tim Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1933

Silent Men

Tim Richards ( Actor )

... 1933

Man Of Action

Ranger Tim Barlow ( Actor )

... 1933

End of the Trail

Captain Tim Travers ( Actor )

... 1932

The Western Code

Tim Barrett ( Actor )

... 1932

Fighting for Justice

Tim Keene ( Actor )

... 1932

Cornered

Sheriff Tim Laramie ( Actor )

... 1932

Daring Danger

Tim Madigan ( Actor )

... 1932

Two-Fisted Law

Tim Clark ( Actor )

... 1932

The Riding Tornado

Tim Torrant ( Actor )

... 1932

Texas Cyclone

Texas Grant ( Actor )

... 1932

The Fighting Fool

Sheriff Tim Collins ( Actor )

... 1932

The Fighting Marshal

Tim Benton ( Actor )

... 1931

Shotgun Pass

Tim Walker ( Actor )

... 1931

The One Way Trail

Tim Allen ( Actor )

... 1931

The Indians Are Coming

Jack Manning ( Actor )

... 1930

The Desert Rider

Jed Tyler ( Actor )

... 1929

Sioux Blood

Flood ( Actor )

... 1929

The Overland Telegraph

Captain Allen ( Actor )

... 1929

Morgan's Last Raid

Capt. Daniel Clairbourne ( Actor )

... 1929

The Adventurer

Jim McClellan ( Actor )

... 1928

The Law of the Range

Jim Lockhart ( Actor )

... 1928

Spoilers of the West

Lieutenant Lang ( Actor )

... 1927

Foreign Devils

Capt. Robert Kelly ( Actor )

... 1927

The Frontiersman

John Dale ( Actor )

... 1927

California

Capt. Archibald Gillespie ( Actor )

... 1927

Winners Of The Wilderness

Col. Sir Dennis O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1927

War Paint

Lt. Tim Marshall ( Actor )

... 1926